Active or passive quiz
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The document contains a series of questions that test whether sentences are written in active or passive voice. It provides examples of sentences in both active and passive voice across different tenses, including simple present, simple past, present perfect, future with "will", and questions requiring choosing the correct tense and voice. The document aims to help students practice identifying and constructing sentences in active and passive voice.
Active or passive quiz
- 1. Active or Passive Quiz 1. I ate a piece of chocolate cake. ____________________ 2. The librarian read the book to the students. ____________________ 3. The money was stolen. ____________________ 4. They are paid on Fridays. ____________________ 5. The movie is being made in Hollywood. ____________________ 6. I washed my car three weeks ago. ____________________ 7. His hair was cut by a professional. ____________________ 8. I will introduce you to my boss this week. ____________________ 9. It would have been fixed at the weekend. ____________________ 10. The national anthem is being sung by Jason this time. ____________________ 1. Boys like to play soccer. ____________________ 2. This room has been painted blue. ____________________ 3. Cricket is played in Australia ____________________ 4. I am given a book. ____________________ 5. We have lost our keys. ____________________ 6. You might see dolphins here. ____________________ 7. The report must be completed by next Friday. ____________________ 8. They were singing a song in the lesson yesterday. ____________________ 9. A letter was written to her some days ago. ____________________ 10. The black bike is being repaired at the moment. ____________________ 1. The grapes are grown in California. ____________________ 2. The hamster can be kept in a cage. ____________________ 3. The party has already started. ____________________ 4. The car is standing at the garage. ____________________ 5. The ship has been given up. ____________________ 6. The police didn't find the robber last week. ____________________ 7. The first fast food restaurants were opened in the USA in 1916. ____________________ 8. The train is going to arrive late. ____________________ 9. The search will be stopped because of the storm. ____________________ 10.The friends have been looking forward to meeting her. ____________________
- 2. 1. They often listen to music. ____________________ 2. She is reading the newspaper now. ____________________ 3. These cars are produced in Japan. ____________________ 4. Alan teaches geography. ____________________ 5. German is spoken in Austria. ____________________ 6. Lots of houses were destroyed by the earthquake in 1906. ____________________ 7. Henry Ford invented the assembly line. ____________________ 8. The bus driver was hurt yesterday. ____________________ 9. You should open your workbooks. ____________________ 10.Houses have been built. ____________________ Complete the sentences (Active or Passive Voice). Use Simple Present. 1. Mike (sell)_________________ cars. 2. The blue car (sell)____________________ 3. In summer, more ice-cream (eat)_____________ than in winter. 4. Lisa (call) _______________her grandparents every Friday. 5. The letters (type)___________________ 6. Lucas (take)__________________his medicine every day. 7. Jane (take / not)_______________ to school by her father. 8. We (go)___________________to school by bus. 9. Jennifer (work / not)_______________________for a bank. 10.John (keep)________________________inthe refrigerator. Complete the sentences (Active or Passive Voice). Use Simple Past. 1. They (visit)_________________their granny. 2. We (visit)____________________by our teacher. 3. My friend Paul (bear)____________________inDallas. 4. She (go)____________________to school in Boston. 5. Antony (grow up)__________________ in the country. 6. The new shopping centre (build)____________________last year. 7. The film (produce / not)____________________in Hollywood. 8. Barbara (know)_______________________ James very well. 9. The jewels (hide / not)___________________in the cellar. 10.We (spend / not)______________________all day on the beach.
- 3. Complete the sentences (Active or Passive Voice). Use Present Perfect Simple. 1. The car (steal) . 2. I (bake) a cake. 3. My friends (buy) a house. 4. The cup (put) on the table. 5. Trees (plant) in the street. 6. The boy (fall / not) off his bike. 7. I (bite / not) by a snake. 8. He (step) on my toe. 9. We (walk) all the way home. 10.She (pick up / not) by a friend. Complete the sentences (Active or Passive Voice). Use Future I mit will. 1. The house (build) here. 2. You (send) home. 3. I (eat) an ice-cream. 4. We (go) home now. 5. I (help) you. 6. The match (win / not) by our team. 7. The weather (improve / not) tomorrow. 8. The trees (cut) down. 9. The meeting (cancel / not) . 10.They (do / not) that again.
- 4. For each sentence, choose either the active or the passive form of the verb...and the correct tense! 1. That door (paint) yesterday. 2. Michelangelo (paint) the Sistine Chapel. 3. Michael Schumacher (drive) for Ferrari in 2003. 4. In the UK, everyone (drive) on the left. 5. Inter-city trains (usually/drive) by men. 6. The 'La Stampa' newspaper (read) by two million people in Italy. 7. My car (steal)! Call the police!!!! 8. The thieves (steal) the gold last week. 9. The Queen (open) the bridge tomorrow. 10. The bridge (destroy) by the storm last night. 11. I (learn) Japanese when I was in Tokyo. 12. I (teach) by an old Japanese man. 13. This letter (should/type), not handwritten! 14. The new secretary (type) at 100 wpm. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the passive voice !
- 5. 1. The authorities decided that the meeting next Wednesday. (HOLD) 2. The goods to our house in the Midlands every Friday. (TRANSPORT) 3. The larger portrait by a well-known Flemish artist.(PAINT) 4. When I arrived I a note by one of the delegates . (HAND) 5. Nothing of Pauline since her car accident last spring. (SEE) 6. I'll have to stay at home because our new furniture . (DELIVER) 7. For the past few days I had to work in Jack's office because mine at the moment.(REDECORATE) 8. I major new oil deposit in the North Sea recently.(DISCOVER) 9. The space probe Explorer from Cape Canaveral last year.(LAUNCH) 10. Breakfast in this hotel before 7 am. ( NOT SERVE) 11. Up to now no decision on the future of the company.(MAKE) 12. As we speak the suspect by the police.(QUESTION) 13. A lot of meetings but nothing has been decided yet. (HOLD) 14. The door for at least twenty years. (NOT OPEN) 15. Bicycles widely in this city instead of public transport.(USE) 16. Elections in Britain every five years. (HOLD) 17. Your drinks to you in a minute. Please wait . (BRING) 18. The Olympic Games in South Korea for the first time in 2018.(ORGANIZE) Make passive sentences from the following information.
- 6. 1. Fiat cars Italy make 2. Spaghetti boiling water cook 3. Children schools educate 4. Football every country play 5. Racehorses jockeys ride 6. Rolls Royce cars make Great Britain 7. We teach our teacher 8. spaghetti make flour 9. Switzerland speak German 10. Grapes wine make Everyone in the house has a task that he or she normally does. Describe what everyone does, changing each active voice sentence into a passive voice sentence:
- 7. 1. Thomas washes the dishes. --> The dishes_________by Thomas. 2. Frank feeds the dogs. --> The dogs_______________by Frank. 3. Maria prepares the food. --> The food_____________by Maria. 4. David cleans the kitchen. --> The kitchen_____________by David. 5. My father pays the bills. --> The bills_____________by my father. 6. The gardener trims the bushes. --> The bushes____________by the gardener. 7. Helen sets the table. --> The table______________by Helen. 8. My mother waters the plants. --> The plants _____________by my mother. 9. Arthur does the laundry. --> The laundry________________by Arthur. 10. My uncle drives us to school. --> We__________________ to school by my uncle. 11. George cooks the food. --> The food________________by George. 12. My grandma feeds the cat. --> The cat_______________by my grandma. 13. Our organization helps those animals. --> Those animals______by our organization. 14. The coach selects the players. --> The players_________by the coach. 15. Mr. McKee teaches the class. --> The class____________ by Mr. McKee. 16. My sister makes the pastries. --> The pastries_______________by my sister. 17. A local church organizes the fundraiser. --> The fundraiser______by a local church. 18. Everyone here understands English. --> English_________by everyone here. 19. Santa Claus delivers Christmas presents. --> Christmas presents_________by Santa Claus. 20. Brad Pitt plays the lead role. --> The lead role________________by Brad Pitt. Fill in the spaces with words to complete the passive form of each sentence in present simple. The agent preposition "by" is not required. 1) The police catch a lot of criminals in London.
- 8. A lot of criminals in London. 2) The gardener waters the flowers every day. The flowers every day. 3) We always leave our boots by the door. Our boots by the door. 4) You switch on the machine at the wall. The machine at the wall. 5) They don't rent cars there. Cars there. 6) Somebody follows me home every evening. Every evening home. 7) Do you switch the PC on first? first? 8) Some person leaves the lights on all night. The lights all night. 9) We usually leave a saucer of milk for the cat. A saucer of milk for the cat. 10) People see foxes in their gardens at night. Foxes in people's gardens at night.